Good Saturday Morning, Crew!

[Clintmax]

:donut::hi:
Welcome to the Saturday edition of the Early Morning Crew thread! :bounce::woohoo: The weekend is here! And this is a weekend that even I have off! I hope you had a good day yesterday. Mine was crazy...our register system was down and hardly anything worked. We couldn't check inventory, e-mail, sell gift cards, do lookups of any kind, and we had to call in for authorizations on all credit cards and checks! x( The crazy thing was...the problem was USA wide! At one point, our DM called and asked if anyone in the past week had come into our store saying they were a technician and worked on any of our register computers. No one had. So, we think a hacker went into a store somewhere and installed a virus that infiltrated into the corporate servers and shut them all down! I left at 6 last night and corporate had no idea when it would be fixed. x(

Greekspeak and I have decided to hold on buying a house right this minute. We need to get a few more of our "ducks in a row" to make sure we're not getting in over our heads. I think it's the right thing to do. I even checked with our apartment complex and they said they would write us a two or three month lease until we could get things worked out, so we don't HAVE to stay here another whole year! Thank you all for your help as I went through everything this first time...and we'll all get to go through it again very soon!

Ready to start your weekend? Me too! :bounce: SO let's go! :woohoo:

Song Of The Day: "Jump" by Van Halen

[Clintmax]

1. CURRENT EARLY MORNING CREW MEMBERS

• AirmensMom
• AussieDave
• Bigwillq
• Billyskank
• Bridgit
• Buddhamama
• BuffyTheFundieSlayer
• Bzzzz
• CallMeWesley
• Cannikin
• DanCa
• Entanglement
• Flblu2
• FoxMulder
• GalleryGod
• Heidi
• Hissyspit
• Jamastiene
• Joan_Alpern
• Khashka
• KitchenWitch
• LizzieGrace
• Mdmc
• Minnesota Libra
• MissHoneychurch
• MrsGrumpy
• Mutley_r_us
• Neoma
• Newyawker99
• OhioBlues
• Random_Australian
• Redwitch
• Robeson
• Sbj405
• Scooter24
• SeattleGirl
• SimplyFugue
• Southlandshari
• Starbucks Anarchist
• SugarSmack
• Swimboy
• Tjwmason
• Wetzelbill
• Whoa_Nelly
• WildHorses
• WritingIsMyReligion
• XemaSab

[Droopy]

14. Put me on the list

I'm usually a late night crew member, but I will be off for the next week so I may be popping in early. I guess I can be a temp.

[Clintmax]

72. You're welcome to come in anytime!

I'll add you to the crew listing right now...you'll be in there starting tomorrow morning! :bounce:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

2. Good morning, Clintmax!

First!

[Clintmax]

5. Hail, Starbucks!

:hi:
Yes, Sir! First today! :woohoo: You doing OK today?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

7. Doing fine.

You?

[Clintmax]

35. I'm doing just fine too!

Relaxing and having some coffee this morning! Can't wait to get my weekend started!

[MissHoneychurch]

27. Morning Starbucks

:h:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

29. Howdy!

:hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

31. I am fine

finished doing my household. Now it is really weekend :rofl:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

40. Cool.

:D

[Random_Australian]

3. Morning!

[Clintmax]

6. Hail, Random!

:hi:
Good morning to you too! How's every little thing down under?

[Random_Australian]

10. My legs are fine! My country is ok too. What is "ducks in a row"?

[Clintmax]

38. *smile* Well...

It just means there are a few things we need to work out before we can continue to buy a house. Glad to hear your "legs" are fine, Mister Smartypants! :rofl:

[Mutley]

4. Hey Clint!

I'm glad I'm not the only East Coaster to get up at 6am on a Saturday. :P

That happened to us at TRU once. What a freaking nightmare! And it was a nationwide problem then, as well.

I'm sorry you have to hold off on buying a house, but if that is what is best for you guys then you made the right decision. :hug:

[Clintmax]

13. Good Morning, Miss Mutley!

:hi::hug:
I actually got up at 5...but got immediately busy with Tony and Bandit, and started the thread later than I usually do. It IS a freakin nightmare when your systems go haywire like that. It's crazy and I hope they get it fixed right away.

It IS the right decision, I'm sure. I didn't want us to get into a situation where we were in trouble in a few months and so we just need to wait to get the other stuff taken care of first.

I'm SO glad it's Saturday! :bounce:

[Mutley]

17. Me too, though I still have a lot of work to do for Monday and Tuesday.

x(

[Clintmax]

39. Well maybe you can get it all done this morning...

and have the rest of the weekend to yourself! :shrug:

[Mutley]

44. Maybe. No, I doubt it.

But that's okay. It's the end of the semester and what I expect to have to do, especially when I've been putting some of this off all week. :P

[Clintmax]

56. Greekspeak is in the same boat.

His whole weekend is planned out too, so you're not alone, my dear. At least we two can have THIS time together! :loveya:

[Mutley]

60. Yes!

:loveya:

Though I'm sure I'll make my life more difficult by checking into DU while I'm working since most of my work involves being at the computer.

[Clintmax]

69. *grin* I'd do the same exact thing.

You'll just have to resist the temptation.

[Mutley]

71. Resisting temptation is not my strong point.

:P

[Clintmax]

73. Mine either.

But we HAVE to try, you know. We may not succeed, but at least we can say we tried! :rofl:

[Mutley]

81. That we do.

I do well enough sometimes, even going a whole hour without looking at DU occasionally. :P

[Clintmax]

87. LOL! Same here.

I look constantly, even though I don't post every time.

[Mutley]

90. Sometimes I post a lot, sometimes very little.

But I'm almost always looking.

[Clintmax]

96. Me too.

I'm thinking about going and getting a new cell phone today. Any suggestions? :rofl:

[Mutley]

97. Do you have a carrier or will you be signing up for something new?

[Clintmax]

99. Yes, Cingular.

I'm also under contract, so I'll have to pay full retail, but that's OK. I was thinking of either the Razr or the Slvr. :shrug:

[Mutley]

101. Oh you poor thing.

:hug: :P

I used to have Cingular and they were terrible. But I'd get the Razr.

[Clintmax]

105. Hey, I like Cingular...

Never had a problem with them. :shrug: I LOVE the rollover! I have almost 4000 rollover minutes right now! Was there another phone you were going to suggest?

[Mutley]

108. The rollover was about the only thing I was sorry to give up.

They just constantly charged me for whatever crap they could find. They kept crossing my bill with someone elses and I'd be charged for 500 text messages or something. x(

I was going to suggest Verizon as I love them, but if you're on a contract with Cingular there isn't much you can do.

[Clintmax]

111. Nope. Not until next year anyway.

I've thought about Verizon...do they hit you with a lot of overage charges?

[Mutley]

113. I don't get any.

But I don't use my phone much and don't have a problem with going over my minutes.

[Clintmax]

118. That's good.

I hate overage charges. x( Hmmm...which phone...

[Mutley]

120. I just looked at them both and I still think I like the RAZR better.

[Clintmax]

122. Yeah?

Ok...I'll go check it out more too! Time for me to get going, Miss Mutley! I'm glad we got to have our morning together again today! Have a great weekend! I'll see you on Monday! :loveya::hug::hi:

[Mutley]

124. Bye Clint. You have a good weekend, too.

:hug: :loveya:

[fizzgig]

8. mornin'!

glad someone has the weekend off...

[Clintmax]

15. Morning, Kage!

:hi:
I work in retail, so a weekend off is a VERY rare treat for me! HOw's every little thing with YOU?

[fizzgig]

20. things aren't quite horrible...

a seven day week this week, but i'm off to beautiful portland, oregon on wednesday to see my sister on wednesday for her birthday, so it's a combination of :mad: and :bounce:

enjoy a beautiful (i hope) spring weekend!

[Clintmax]

41. Thank you!

I'm certainly going to try! I know what it's like to work a seven day week and it's NO fun. I'm sorry you have to do that. But, I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun on Wednesday! :bounce:

[Droopy]

9. Morning, Clintmax

Regarding the buying of a property I've found that it's best to start out with a home which payment won't be much more than what you are paying for rent if you can find suitable quarters for that price.

I'm a loner and I bought a house 5 years ago and got in over my head. My payment was $900 and I was only brining home $500 a week. Bad move. My job situation has since improved. I now bring home $750 a week and I sold the other house and bought a house which payment is $630 a month. That's proven to be just right. I can have a house and still save. As luck would have it I found a better paying job that I will be starting in a week, but I'm going to stick with my little house in my little town.

[Clintmax]

19. Hail, Droopy!

:hi:
Welcome to the Early Morning Crew thread! :bounce: Thanks for the advice, Man...I can see how things got a little tight there and we didn't want the same thing to happen. We just have a few ducks to line up and then we can proceed!

Any big plans for the weekend?

[Droopy]

22. Mother's day

We are taking mom out for breakfast and presents. That's my only plans for the weekend. I want to go fishing, but it has been raining here the past 3 days and I'm afraid that the water will not be suitable. All I have to do is walk 2 blocks and I can see the river for myself, but I have a feeling that it's going to be up and moving.

[Clintmax]

45. I haven't been fishing in a LONG time...

I used to go all the time with my family and when I moved down here to Florida, I haven't gone. What kind of fish do you like to fish FOR?

[Droopy]

50. Catfish and crappie

I can catch catfish and other bottom dwellers in the river beside my house. There's some big'uns in there, too. For crappie I drive about a half hour to Caeser's Creek Lake. I haven't been crappie fishing in a while. It's not safe to eat the fish out of the river due to pollution, but if I catch a mess of crappie out of the lake they are going home with me to get cleaned up.

[Clintmax]

61. Catfish, huh?

I haven't been catfishin in a longER time. :rofl: The bait stinks too damned much! :rofl:

[sbj405]

11. Good morning, Clint!

How are you? I was a bit MIA this week. Glad to hear that you can stay just a little longer at the apartment. That should give you and Greekspeak plenty of time to do what's right.

[Clintmax]

21. Good Morning, SBJ!

:hi:
I'm doing just fine, thank you! Yes, I'm glad too...we just have a couple of things to get lined out and then we can proceed. What big exciting plans do YOU have for the weekend?

[sbj405]

51. Not a whole lot. I leave for a big trip next weekend,

So I need to get some things in order around here.

[Clintmax]

62. Big trip?

Where ya going? :bounce:

[sbj405]

77. I'll be gone for 2 weeks

going to Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. :bounce:

[Clintmax]

88. Oh, Wow!

THAT will be a trip! I'm happy for ya, Sbj! :bounce::bounce:

[SeattleGirl]

12. Clintmax!!!

Love your choice for song of the day! How goes the househunting???

[Clintmax]

23. Good Morning, Miss Seattle!

:hi::hug:
I love that song too! I haven't heard it in a while though, and I came across it as I was trying to decide on the song for today! We've decided to wait to buy. We have a couple of things to line up and then we can proceed with everything. I want to do what's right and what's best for us and I think if we wait for a few months, we'll be better off!

Do you have any big plans for today and tomorrow?

[SeattleGirl]

30. I'm so excited for you two! Hope you find the perfect place

for you!

Me. I'm already enjoying my Mother's Day Weekend. I sent MrSG off to his parent's house for the weekend! I'm going to putter and such around the house. I love it!

[Clintmax]

47. Hey, that's nice!

Sounds like you'll have a GREAT Mother's Day then! :loveya: Is he gone for the entire weekend or just today?

[SeattleGirl]

53. The WHOLE weekend!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Clintmax]

63. Well good for you!

:bounce::bounce:

[SeattleGirl]

67. Thank you, darlin'!

There is something to be said for being by oneself now and then! :toast:

[Clintmax]

70. That's true!

I'm happy that you can have the time to yourself! :hug::loveya: I'm going to send my mom some flowers for Mother's Day today...she'll be SO surprised!

[entanglement]

16. Howdy Clintmax!

:hi: :hug:

[Clintmax]

25. Hail, Entanglement!

:hi:
Good to see you today, Dude!

[entanglement]

43. Very nice to see you, too

:hi:

Entanglement's song of the day: The Unforgiven

[Clintmax]

49. The unforgiven...

Who sings THAT one? I don't recognize the title.

[entanglement]

58. Errr.... It's Metallica

:(

[Clintmax]

64. LOL!

Now WHY didn't I know that? :shrug::rofl:

[In_The_Wind]

18. Good morning

I'm glad that you and greekspeak can take your time to think a bit more before making a big finical commitment.

That's really scary about your computer system at work. :grr:

[MissHoneychurch]

26. Good morning Joani

:hi:

:hug:

How are you this morning?

[In_The_Wind]

42. Good morning MissHoney

I seem to be a little more tired than usual this week. I couldn't figure it out until I sat still long enough to actually look around at my environment.
:wow: I see more clear level spots. I guess I've been working too much. I'm not going to be home very much this summer. I don't want to walk into clutter on my visits back.

[MissHoneychurch]

57. I know what you mean

it is so much nicer to come home to a clean place. ANd you just do all the things now that you would normally do over a longer period of time. Good for you. And no wonder you are tired. You can relax a lot when you are gone :hug:

[Clintmax]

65. Self Delete

[Clintmax]

28. Good Morning, Miss Joan!

:hi::hug:
Yes, I am too. We can take a couple of months, get the other stuff lined out, and then continue. I just want to do everything right. Yeah, it's scary! I hope they get everything all worked out!

[In_The_Wind]

48. I added more security to my computer at the beginning of this week.

Now it's driving me a little nuts. I already turned off the anti-phishing feature but I need to tweak it some more.
I'm running slow. x(

[Clintmax]

52. I hate it when software does that.

We use Avast on ours and the auto definition download thing drives us both up the freaking wall! :rofl:

[AirmensMom]

86. Good morning Joani!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: Can you please pour me some o' that java?

[MissHoneychurch]

24. Good morning Clint

I am up to the usual this morning ... cleaning my apt. :rofl: But I am pretty much done and will soon head out to the gym. And tonight is party again. Or better: standing around, sipping on wine and make comments on guys.

Here are a couple of the pics from my weekend in Berlin (and around). I will post them on Monday I think. Still want to scan in some more.

Potsdam, Dutch Quarter




Potsdam, Sanssouci - Chinese Teahouse


Berlin, Schinkel museum in the Friedrichswerder church


Havelberg, one of the first cathedrals in Germany (finished 1170)


River Elbe (flooded)

[Clintmax]

33. Good Morning, Miss Honey!

:hi::hug:
WOW! Those pictures are GREAT, my dear! :bounce: You always do such a wonderful job taking pictures! I'm sure you'll have lots of fun at the party tonight! I wish I could be there to make fun of the fuys too! :rofl: We'd have a blast you and I! :loveya:

[MissHoneychurch]

36. Oh yes we would

:rofl:

I will look around today again and tell you the next days :evilgrin:



Thanks for the compliment about the pics. I finally got around scanning some in last night.

[Clintmax]

54. We'd laugh our butts off, I'm sure!

:rofl:
I'd love it too! :bounce: I can't wait to see the rest of them once you get the others scanned in!

[MissHoneychurch]

59. Will do so probably tomorrow

as the weather isn't supposed to be the best one and I am going to do nothing at all. I don't know what time I get in tonight but if it gets late then I am going to sleep a lot tomorrow :)

[Clintmax]

66. Hey, you should!

That's what Sundays are for! :bounce:

[MissHoneychurch]

74. OK, I am off now

going to do something for my fitness.

See you tomorrow or latest Monday again

Have a great Saturday

:loveya:

[Clintmax]

75. You have a great Saturday too, my dear!

:hug::loveya:
If I don't see you tomorrow, I'll see you Monday!

[AirmensMom]

93. Good morning MissHC!

:hi: :loveya: :hug:

WOW -- what great pics! :bounce: Yes, do scan in more. :bounce:

Party night again? I hope it's another good one! :bounce:

[billyskank]

32. Hi Clint!

:hi:

[Clintmax]

34. Hail, Billy!

:hi:
I hope you have a lot of fun planned for the next two days! :bounce:

[AirmensMom]

117. Hey billy!

:loveya: :hug: :hi: Sorry I missed you again this morning. :cry:

[billyskank]

123. Hi AirmensMom!

:bounce: :loveya: :hug: :hi:

[crispini]

37. Hola! Well since I'm up why not visit this thread?

:hi: Nice picture.

I have to get dressed and go run the municipal election in my precinct in a minute... YAWN...

[Clintmax]

46. Good Morning, Miss Crispini!

:hi:
Welcome to the Early Morning Crew thread! :bounce: I'm glad you came in to say Hello!

[crispini]

55. Nice thread.

Wish you could give me some virtual :donut: so that I wouldn't have to get up and make it! :D

[Clintmax]

68. Thank you, thank you!

We have a great time every day here in the Early Morning Crew thread! If you are here in the early mornings usually, stop in and become a crew member! :bounce: I wish I could give you some of my awesome coffee too! I make the BEST! :rofl:

[Minnesota Libra]

76. Good Morning everyone!! In the north country it's cold and.........

....rainy this morning. It's been raining for three days now and I think I see the beginnings of web feet. Oh, but all is not lost, it is supposed to start clearing up today. So maybe those web feet won't get a chance to mature after all.:bounce:

It might be a good thing to hold off on the home buying if you and Greekspeak have things to get taken care of that will make that process all the better next time. That is great that the landlord is willing to work with you so you don't have to sign a whole year lease, that's great.:applause:

A big Hello to all the Mothers out there.O8)

[Clintmax]

82. Hail, Minnesota!

:hi::bounce:
It's always good to have you here with us in the mornings, Man! I hope it DOES clear up for you so you have a good weekend of weather! Thanks for the good wishes. I just want to be sure it's done right!

[newyawker99]

78. Good morning everyone!

:donut:



:hi:

[Clintmax]

83. Good Morning, Miss NewYawker!

:hi::hug:
I hope you have a fantastic weekend! :bounce:

[Broken_Hero]

79. good morning

did you watch those superman returns trailers yet? I am up eary today, cause my wife has a cherokee basket weaving presentation today, down in Bentonville...she has to be there early, and set up a booth, and all that crap. I gotta go, and explain Pacific NW indian art, and look stoic...:)

[Clintmax]

84. Hail, Peter!

:hi:
Yep, I watched them...several times! :rofl: They are so freakin awesome, Dude! I can't wait for the movie to come out!

[Broken_Hero]

89. good, good

there was another preview, this past thursday, on the season finale of Smallville, did you see that one? IF not, check for it online...i don't have the exact, link for it...sorry. New things it showed...superman getting shanked by a kryptonite pig sticker, and New Krypton coming out of the ocean...sweetness!

on edit: heres the link...http://pdl.warnerbros.com/wbmovies/supermanreturns/tvspots/tvspot1_500.mov

[Clintmax]

92. YAY!

It's going to be so freakin awesome! :bounce: I didn't see the preview after Smallville. I'll have to go find it! Thanks for the heads up, Dude!

[Broken_Hero]

102. recheck

my last post, i edited, with the proper link for the tv spot, from smallville.

[Clintmax]

103. Oooo...OK! Thanks, Man!

:bounce:

[Broken_Hero]

107. no problem...:) n/t

[AirmensMom]

80. Good morning, Clintmax!

:donut: :hi: :hug:

You sure had a crazy day at work! I'm glad you can rest up for the weekend now. :bounce:

Aw, shucks! I was looking forward to seeing more house pics. But it certainly isn't something you want to rush into. Get those ducks lined up. :D I'm glad you can get a short lease on the apartment. :woohoo:

[Clintmax]

85. Good Morning, Miss Airmens!

:hi::hug::loveya:
I'm so glad you and I share our mornings together! I know...I was looking forward to owning a house too...but we REALLY need to get the couple of things out of the way and then it will be clear sailing!

[AirmensMom]

91. I'm glad, too.

:loveya: I almost slept in this morning ... but then I heard the familiar noise of kitty getting ready to present a hair ball. I'm glad I got here in time to see you. OK, so I'll thank the kitty. :silly:

I'm really glad you're doing this carefully. It'll be a lot better in the long run. :hug:

So I gather you won't be house-hunting today. What exciting projects await you? Are you having fires up there? We've been packing our little fingers off and we can't even go for a dip in the pool afterwards because the air is so bad. Last night we could even see a huge cloud of soot in the air before the sun set.

[Clintmax]

95. No, no house hunting now...

until after everything is taking care of. But, that's OK. It won't take us long to get everything taken care of. No fires up here, and I'm sorry you're having to deal with THAT in addition to having to get packed up to move. :hug:

[AirmensMom]

100. Well, it's going to rain today.

Maybe that'll put the rest of the fires out. I'm afraid I've made my mom work her fingers to the bone ... but she prefers that to sitting around being bored.

I'm still messing with my laptop, too. I spent about 2 hours on the phone with Dell yesterday. The guy told me to download a new bios, which I did. It's supposed to make the fan run more. But it took so long to run the test and then download it that it was already overheated by the time it rebooted. So I got a REALLY scary looking screen -- like you tore the edges off a piece of paper and taped it to the screen, with only black showing around the perimeter. Once I let it cool down, it worked OK, but I haven't tested it to see if the new bios keeps it cooler. Anyway, he said he'd call back in an hour ... that was 22 hours ago. Haven't heard from him.:shrug:

I'm glad you don't have a long wait to take care of things. :bounce:

[Clintmax]

104. Good gods.

I didn't realize that Dell sucked so badly. Award winning service...yeah, right. x( I'm sorry, Miss Airmens. :hug:

[AirmensMom]

109. When I first got my laptop

I had to deal with them a LOT because it didn't work right ... right out of the box! The service was so bad that I asked exactly what award they won -- the booby prize? They did not find that amusing, but neither did they improve their service.

The good news is that I think I can probably keep my laptop going as long as I can keep it cool. I'm going to buy one of those laptop platform fans that sits underneath, just to give it a little more help. According to the diagnostics, there aren't any hardware problems. But I'm just going to leave it alone until my mom leaves.

Meanwhile, we'll try to get some more of the kitchen packed up today. My beautiful home is looking like a warehouse these days. :cry: My excitement is giving way to a bit of panic ... but we'll survive it.

BTW, where's billyskank? I haven't seen him for a few days.

[Clintmax]

112. I'll stay away from Dell, thank you very much!

I hate the warehouse thing too when you move. x( Can't hardly stand it! Billy came in earlier and said hello, but he didn't come back. :shrug:

[AirmensMom]

116. Good ... mission accomplished.

I would hate to see you go through all this after you paid too much for a computer.

Oh, I must've browsed the thread too quickly. I didn't see him. :( Next time you see him, tell him I said hello? Thanks! :loveya:

I find it amazing that all our little trinkets and things are in boxes. It makes it all so weird. And I'm a little nervous about packing things so they don't break, even though I've done it over a dozen times before. Ah, it's just me being silly. :silly:

Guess I really need to get myself going, though. So I'll say so long for now. Have a great weekend and I'll see you on Monday. Say hello to greekspeak! :loveya: :hug: :hi:

[Clintmax]

119. Have a great weekend too, My dear!

I'll see you Monday for sure! Happy Mothers Day! :loveya::hug:

[riona]

94. Fl check-in

Glad to hear you won't have to rush into anything. From my experience, pressure often results in costly mistakes. I must admit that the 2 homes you showed us yesterday were a huge improvement over the very first one - the outside of that one looked like it needed lots of TLC.

[Clintmax]

98. Hail, Flblu!

:hi:
Yes, they were a VAST improvement. I especially liked the townhouse. But, I want to be sure everything is right before I commit. We need to hold for a short while, that's all. Thank you for all your help, Man! It was invaluable to me! :hug:

[Wetzelbill]

106. Van Halen!

Nice song!

So how's it going? It seems like it's been awhile.

[Clintmax]

110. Hail, Bill!

:hi:
It HAS been a while, Mister! It's going good down here in Florida! You doing OK?

[Wetzelbill]

114. yeah pretty good now

finished my last final on thursday and have the whole summer off right now. Good times.

Hopefully I can get lots of writing in. That's my plan anyway.

[Clintmax]

115. Good for you!

The whole summer! That's exciting! I wish I had the whole summer off too!

[Clintmax]

121. Time to get going, my crew!

I hope everyone has a great weekend! Have lots of fun and I'll see you on Monday! HAPPY MOTHER'S day to all the DU moms out there! We love you! :loveya::hug: Take care of each other! :grouphug:

[Hugin]

125. Good Morning Clintmax... I've always liked "Jump". n/t